Project Evaluation

Overall I have enjoyed unit 2 more than unit 1 mainly due to the fact that we had more freedom when choosing what, when and where to shoot, and despite having limited options to start at I think that getting to choose my own starting point or theme 'creative use of light' made it more interesting to work with as it was not just a predetermined list of stuff to be completed.

Early on in the unit, I was struggling to decide on a particular thing to focus on that came under the 'creative use of light' starting point and was essentially just playing around with a few random ideas. This was until I had done some more research into photographers and got more inspiration and influences from the various light drawing photographers that I looked at, which decided what I wanted to do for the exam and majority of the unit.

My main focus through this unit was light drawing and when doing shoots for this I found it difficult to accurately judge where the edges of the frame would be and how fast to move the light source I was using as the different items behaved differently when using then to light draw, although I did adjust quite quickly to the unusual settings needed to properly achieve good light drawing photos.

Overall I think that my 10th shoot and my studio exam shoot are the two best and they ended up with quite a few really cool and interesting photos that I am really happy with and reasonably proud of.

Final pieces

Top 40(ish) photos

Connecting essay - 5

This photo is one that I have found on the internet, it features a disembodied shadow of a women coming from behind the camera of to one side.  The shadow is disembodied, as the women herself is not visible, and could be from the person who took the photo, it kind of serves as a marker that it is just 'a photo' one persons view/interpretation of the world that we live in.

This second photo is one that I have taken and edited myself, it features the shadows of myself and a friend, both disembodied, as well as the shadow of the visible sign.  I originally took this in colour but after some experimenting in photoshop I decided that it looked better in black and white.  I feel that my shadow in the centre of the photo shows it to be my view/perspective as although the camera is not visible it is clear that I am taking the photo from the way that I am standing.

This two photos are related most obviously their lack of colour but also due to the fact that they both include disembodied shadows coming from the direction of the camera. I feel that both of these carry a similar feel to them about the photographer view point demonstrated through the use of disembodied shadows.

Connecting essay - 4

This first photo is one that I found on the internet it is a light drawing of a collection of small lights, to me it looks more like the lights were static and that the camera was moving as the light trails don't seem to have any kind of pattern to them and are very random, but at the same time looks like it was well planned and thought through.  It shows colour and line really well with the bright orange/yellow light which also creates strong contrast with the dark background and foreground.

This second photo is one that I myself have taken, I was essentially just taking photos of some distant lights while playing with my camera settings on my way home from my 10th shoot.  I think some of these are really cool and a little trippy, the one below is one of my favourite from the set with the mass of messy light trails everywhere in the frame.  My photo clearly shows colour, line and contrast through the mass of orange, yellow and white light trails against the dark black background.

These two photos relate in the fact that they show pretty much the same thing, a mass of lines made by using a long shutter speed and some bright lights and in my case at least doing so while walking(a.k.a not keeping the camera steady).  They are also related through the formal elements that are portrayed/presented within each image; colour, line and contrast.

Connecting essay - 3

This first photograph is one that I have found on the internet it clearly shows form with the directional light coming from the top right going down across the subject.  Its black and white nature creates more contrast between the light and dark areas and emphasises the 3D nature of the model in the photo.

This second photo is one that I have taken myself it shows form quite well with the light coming across the photo from the right hand side.  I think that the position of the light being slightly in front of my model so that the majority of her face is still lit up at least a little bit, combined with the black background contrasting slightly with her hair makes the photo look quite professional.  The black and white nature of this photograph also helps to emphasise the form by removing any colour which can distract from the light and dark contrast.

These to photos relate most obviously through the fact that they are both black and white but also through the fact that they both use a female model and show form with some high contrasting light and dark areas and the use of a dark coloured background.

Checklist

Mindmap – for FIVE of the  questions......

One detailed mindmap - complete to 3 levels..........

Discussion - complete and illustrated..........

Definitions – Dictionary Def….. describing words….. Four annotated

pictues….real example… your definition……

Image Bank - complete with 30 images and annotations….. 

Research Log - completed with at least TWENTY entries

No1 why picked..... 4 photos......evaluations....... influence....sum.....

No2 why picked..... 4 photos..... evaluations....... influence....sum.....

No3 why picked..... 4 photos..... evaluations....... influence....sum.....

No4 why picked..... 4 photos..... evaluations....... influence....sum.....

No5 why picked..... 4 photos..... evaluations....... influence....sum.....

Connecting Essays    1.... 2.... 3.... 4..... 5.....

Contact sheets – Shoot No 1…. Shoot No 2….  Shoot No 3….  Shoot No

4….  Shoot No 5…. Shoot No 6….  Shoot No 7….  Shoot No 8….  Shoot No

9….  Shoot No 10….

Straight prints - From your shoots at least FORTY

Print Techniques - Black & White.... Duotone..... Repetition,.... . Selective

Colour....... Photojoiner.... Soft Focus....  

Work Records -  Shoot No 1…. Shoot No 2….  Shoot No 3….  Shoot No

4….  Shoot No 5…. Shoot No 6…. Shoot No 7….  Shoot No 8….  Shoot No

9….  Shoot No 10…. 

Computer experiments - one...two...three... four.... five.... six..... seven….

eight…… nine...... ten...........

Physical experiments - one...two...three... four.... five.... six…..

seven.....eight......

Folder containing 5 hour Exam  ………

Electronic portfolio (powerpoint on blog)........... 

Final pieces 1..2..3..4...5...6...7..8...9...10.... 11...12...13...14....15..... 16.....17...…

18....19....20.....

Overall project Evaluation.........

Connecting essay - 2

This first photo is one I found on the internet of a light drawing photo that has been done in a studio or somewhere dark without the use of a flash or other light source to shown the background or foreground.  The photo shown colour and line and has a messy unorganised composition although it does have a fairly well defined even border that the light trails don't enter around the edge of the frame.

This second photo is one I myself took and it shows an array of different colours some of which have blended together to create additional shades or colours within the photo. The composition was not planned at all before I did this it was very much just take long exposure photos while waving glow sticks around in front of the camera and so I ended up with a bunch of photos that had a messy composition. This photo also shows line through some of the more defined/exposed parts of the photo and also portrays shape to a certain degree although it is not overly clear and you do have to look quite carefully.

Both of these photographs relate mainly through the fact that they are both of the similar things a messy light drawing with no real intention or outcome, they also relate through their individual use of the formal elements of colour and line although my one is more colourful while the other has more definition in its lines.

Connecting essay - 1

This first photo is one that I have found on the internet, it is a photo taken by Michael Bosanko a well known light drawing photographer.  It clearly shows colour through the use of the different coloured lights used within the light drawing near the bottom of the frame.  Line and shape are also shown through the light drawing with the Ying Yang (a circle) at the front of the drawing.

This second photo is one that I myself have taken colour is shown through the bright red line of the light drawing but also the yellow orange that can be seen through the trees in the background and the faint green and brown of the ground.  Line is also shown through the drawing that I have done as well as a few fairly wonky and squashed circles and rounded triangles.

Bosanko's and my photo relate through the fact that both of them are of the same thing, light drawing, but they also have connections through the formal elements that they portray; colour, line and shape all shown through their respective light drawings and although the compositions differ quite drastically I feel that they both give off a very similar other worldly feel of something that shouldn't logically be there but still fits.

Computer Experiments

Colour Pencil

Glowing Edges

 Liquify

 Neon Glow